A mobile navigation application (App) can provide flexible wayfinding guidance, save time,
and reduce stress for people in unfamiliar buildings or environments. Wayfinding is also a …

Tactile relief maps are used by visually impaired people to acquire mental representation of
space, but they retain important limitations (limited amount of information, braille text, etc.) …

Tactile maps are essential tools for visually impaired people to comprehend space and to
support the simple pedestrian trips made difficult by their disability. Tactile maps are created …

Though tactile maps have been shown to be useful tools for visually impaired individuals,
their availability has been limited by manufacturing and design costs. In this paper, we …

For visually impaired users, making sense of spatial information is difficult as they have to
scan and memorize content before being able to analyze it. Even worse, any update to the …

Tactile materials are powerful teaching aids for students with visual impairments (VIs). To
design these materials, designers must use modeling applications, which have high …

Visually impaired people face important challenges related to orientation and mobility.
Indeed, 56% of visually impaired people in France declared having problems concerning …

Multimodal interaction refers to situations where users are provided with multiple modes for
interacting with systems. Researchers are working on multimodality solutions in several …

The use of spatial (geographic) information is becoming ever more central and pervasive in
today's internet society but the most of it is currently inaccessible to visually impaired users …

Visually impaired people face important challenges related to orientation and mobility.
Accessible geographic maps are helpful for travel preparation. Historically, raised-line paper …